The town of Ellsworth, MI is a small community located in the heart of Michigan. It has a total population of around 2,000 people and is known for its peaceful atmosphere and tight-knit community. Although it's not a major political hub, there are still local politics that citizens can get involved with. Since the town is so small, candidates often run unopposed or uncontested in local elections and decisions are made on a smaller scale than those found in larger towns or cities. Local politics often center around issues such as creating new ordinances to support local businesses, maintaining roads and infrastructure, setting budget priorities, and promoting public safety. In short, local politics can have an immediate effect on the everyday lives of residents in Ellsworth, MI.
The political climate in Zip 49729 (Ellsworth, MI) is strongly conservative.
Antrim County, MI is moderately conservative. In Antrim County, MI 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Antrim county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.3%.
Antrim county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 49729 (Ellsworth, MI) is strongly conservative.
Ellsworth, Michigan is strongly conservative.
Antrim County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
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Michigan is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Ellsworth, Michigan: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 49729 (Ellsworth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $85 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $31,536 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,660 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)